tangled
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The picture is not one of clean lineages but of a tangled web of contact and exchange extending across millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Many people have made their minds up about Meghan and the saga with her father is only part of the tangled story of the duchess and the rest of the royal family.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
She could give Tony uncomplicated affection and attention at a time when nearly every interaction between him and me had become tangled with ever-increasing confusion and fear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
A New York judge on Wednesday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison, marking the latest chapter in the tangled legal saga of the disgraced Hollywood mogul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
As they trudged deeper into the forest, the trees around them became bigger and closer together, tangled with vines and surrounded by straggling bushes.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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